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The following list identifies Florida newspapers for which the UCF Library has available
either indexing/abstracting or full text for back issues. Also included are Florida newspapers
for which current issues are received at UCF in paper format, but which are not retained.
Links are provided to online newspapers, but the focus is on those within UCF's 11-county service
area or to those from elsewhere in Florida with archives available. For additional online newspapers,
consult the Other Resources listed below. To search this
page for a particular city, use your browser's Find function [Ctrl F].

The UCF Library has the Orlando Sentinel/Star available on microfilm
(1960- ). Selective indexing (1966-1970) of the Orlando Sentinel/Star is provided
in a bound volume on the Index shelves in the UCF Library, call number - Index AI 21.O7.

The Orlando Public Library has the Orlando Sentinel/Star available
on microfilm (1912- ), selective indexing of articles of local interest (1966-1993), and
an obituary index (1949- ).

Newspaper
Article Database, 1762-1885 (Univ of Florida) consists of stories and reports about
Florida gathered together by the Goza and Mickler families and donated to the P.K. Yonge Library
of Florida History. There are approximately 1500 articles in the database. They are all from
non-Florida newspapers and cover events in Florida between 1762 and 1885.

CD - CD-ROM - The full text (1985- ) of the
Orlando Sentinel is no longer being made available at one of the computers near the Reference
Desk in the UCF Library. The same coverage is now available through the UCF Library's
subscription to NewsBank InfoWeb.

DC - Dialog provides the full text of several
Florida newspapers. The UCF subscription to the Dialog@CARL database was cancelled and the link
to the database has been deleted. Please ask at the UCF Reference Desk for assistance in selecting
alternate sources. Access to these Dialog databases may still be available for a fee through
the UCF Library's Information Source service.

FS -
FirstSearch provides full text for several Florida newspapers in the Business Dateline
database. Abstracts and some full text for several Florida newspapers used to be available
in the DataTimes and Business & Industry databases, which are no longer available through FirstSearch.

IN - Index - Selective indexing (1966-1970)
of the Orlando Sentinel/Evening Star is provided in a bound volume on the Index shelves in the
UCF Library, call number - Index AI 21.O7.

IT-
InfoTrac provides full text articles from 5 Florida newspapers, plus over 100 other
U.S. & international newspapers.

LN -
LexisNexisAcademic(formerly Academic Universe) provides the full text
of several Florida newspapers. Search in U.S. News Topics and Select State: Florida.
To limit your search to a specific newspaper, select the Source tab near the top of the screen,
Filter by Country "United States", change "All Regions" to "Florida", select the News folder,
select the Newspapers folder, select a specific title or titles to search, and then select the
[OK - Continue] button.

MF - Microfilm is available in the UCF Library
for several Florida newspapers on the 3rd floor, arranged alphabetically by title.
The Florida Times-Union Index does not include the full text of articles, but you might be able
to use the dates to locate related articles in other newspapers, such as the Tampa Tribune (1895-1951)
or Charleston Courier (1803-1901). The UCF Report (Apr 1979-Jun 1986) is available at
call number MFLM LD 1772.F91.A18325. See also Florida newspapers
miscellaneous.

NL - NewsLibrary
provides a searchable archive for many newspapers, including several Florida newspapers.
Searching is free and the results include abstracts. There is a charge for the full text
online, but ask at the UCF Library Reference Desk about possible alternate sources for the full
text.

OC- The Orange County Library System provides
access to the full text of several Florida newspapers through the NewsBank database. Users
must have a valid OCLS resident library card for remote access. The following papers are
not accessible remotely: Bradenton Herald, Miami Herald, El Nuevo Herald, Tallahassee Democrat.

PA - Paper - Several Florida newspapers are
received in paper format only and are usually retained for one or two months in the UCF Library
on the 3rd floor. If back issues are retained, the table above will indicate MF.

SC - Special Collections - Newspaper clippings
of a series of articles taken from a handwritten manuscript of Osceola County's history
dating back to the 1850s are available in Special Collections - Rare F 317.O7 P9; the series
of articles were published in the Osceola Sun from August 13, 1975
through September 23, 1976.

SO - Source - Some newspapers are now providing
their own archives online. Some online archives only cover articles published in their
online editions. In most cases, searching the archives is free and the results frequently
include abstracts. There may be a charge for the full text online, but ask at the UCF Library
Reference Desk about possible alternate sources for the full text.

an index (1984-1991) for the University of Florida's student newspaper,
the Independent Florida Alligator.

selective indexing (1986-1997) of the Florida Times-Union, provided
by the University of North Florida Library Reference Department; indexing is limited
to Northeast Florida regional news (including Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau, Putnam and
St. Johns Counties), Florida legislative news, and national and state news stories that
stir strong local interest.

Microfilm is available in the UCF Library on the 3rd floor for several
Florida newspapers from the 1800s and early 1900s. The newspapers are grouped together
on reels labeled "Florida newspapers miscellaneous", of which the UCF Library has reels
6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 15, 16, 18, 21, and 22.

NOTE: For most of the newpapers,
only a few issues are available and in many cases only a single daily issue. Some individual
titles have issues spread out over several reels.

Remember that the number of counties and the county boundaries were
significantly different prior to 1925, so the geographic areas covered by these newspapers
may not be limited to what is considered their local area today. For example, in 1830
Alachua County stretched from the Georgia border to Ft. Myers, and Mosquito (Orange) County
stretched from Ocala to West Palm Beach. Also, coverage of Florida news prior to 1900
might appear in newspapers from other states which had major
ports or railroad lines connecting to Florida (e.g., Atlanta, Charleston, New Orleans, and
Savannah). One or more of the newspapers listed below cover the following communities:

See also Florida
Microform Sets for East Florida Gazette (St. Augustine) - various issues
from 1783; and Pensacola Gazette - various issues from 1824 and 1828.

See also Special Collections for
Osceola County history and the listings in the table above for the microfilm of the Tampa
Tribune (1895-1951) and the Florida Times-Union index (1899-1968).

See also Records of the States of the United States of America :
Florida [MFLM F311.U5] on reel 1 of section A.1c for some issues of the following newspapers:
East Florida Herald (St. Augustine), 1823-1824; The Floridian (Pensacola),
1823; Pensacola Gazette and West Florida Advertiser, 1824-1830.